Chicago stories

August 4, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

How some things change and other things never change strikes me every time I return to the streets of my hometown.

Pilsen street art – Chicago

July 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Walls do not separate space; they exist in space, and therefore separate nothing

Marlene

July 11, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

It was on the special occasion of her last night in Rio de Janeiro. We were smashed up against the bar of a famous samba venue when two warrior women, exaggerating their merriment, disrespected the personal space of the Queen.

Sobre outros Rios | Paquetá Island

January 17, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Que ilha você levaria para uma pessoa deserta? Fácil: Paquetá! |
The folkloric island in the middle of Guanabara Bay is not to be missed!

Street Art – Rio | Arte de rua – Rio

January 13, 2021.Reading time 25 minutes.

O acervo está aberto: Passei 10 anos fotografando no Grande Centro do Rio de Janeiro | After 10 years photographing the urban art of Rio de Janeiro, the exhibition is open.

Head-carrying | Carregar na cabeça

November 27, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Although he hadn’t carried the jackfruit from its origins in the Western Ghats of India for the fruit to do so well in the Serra do Mar of Rio de Janeiro, I knew exactly where he had gotten it. And it seemed as no less of an incredible feat to have carried the heavy monster all the […]

Cazé Arte: entre cidades e tintas | Between cities and paints

April 24, 2020.Reading time 36 minutes.

Você não pode ir para a rua, mas pode trazer a rua para você! O meu encontro com o grande artista da Lapa: Cazé | You cannot go the streets right now, but you can bring the street to you! My interview with Cazé, renowned urban artist of Rio de Janeiro

Walking the Old City

October 7, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Gujarat has been at the crossroads of civilizations for longer than memory. Its most iconic city, Ahmedabad, still holds its unique architectural mix of Jainism, Hinduism and Islam. The comparison was inevitable: the old city was much cleaner and more preserved than my beloved Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Then there was the woodwork and the […]

Teoria de padaria

July 20, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

“Mermão…” berrou o gordo alegre, na roda dos amigos na padaria às 6:30 da manhã, sábado, naquela gritaria desagradável, mas engraçada, de concurso pneumático de macho carioca. “…O que você não aprende em casa, você aprende na rua…e a rua é o pior lugar para você aprender qualquer coisa!” Tomei o meu café em silêncio […]